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- i come from a long line of marines and am proud to announce my daughter jillian has enlisted into the Corps. jillian has worked for me for the last few years at alpco recycling doing a dirty job while attending college full time. our customers absolutely love her and have been very supportive of her enlisting; many of our customers are veteran marines. today a customer named bill (vietnam vet) comes into alpco with "a present for jill" he gives jill a token he got from a guy....who got it …
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Grit, I have attached a photo that I have of the first Women Marines taking their oath. At the time, they were designated "Marinettes". On the back of the picture is their names and the Captains name performing the ceremony typed in red ink. Dated 1919. Are there any readers that has ever seen this particular picture? It was placed in the sunlight and I copied with my camera. H. McKinley, MSgt Retired 62-82 ---- Update Comment by Jerry D. referred the Women Marine's Association as a reference with some bad information …
Read More - WOMEN MARINES/USMC MOUNTED COLOR GUARD
- I was perusing the newsletter tonight and ran across a pix of the Mounted Color Guard at Camp Pendleton. I was married to a career Marine who was on the Color Guard and participated in the Rose Parade back in the mid 60's. We went to many parades and camped out with the horses - including making a "pit" toilet for ourselves and the girls.Our daughter Terri, who was barely 13 months old in 1965, walked beneath the stomachs of the horses ... and we held our breaths, but they …
Read More - CORPORAL KELSEY B. DeSANTIS
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This is daughter Cpl. K.B. DeSantis third from left, with some the guys at the mixed martial school Quantico Va. She is the only female instructor trainer at Quantico. The second photo is after a three round unanimous decision victory in her second M.M.A fight. 18 May 11
- Woman Marine married in Uniform
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Sgt. Grit, You asked for a picture of a woman at her wedding in uniform in the April 14th, #250 issue. Here are two that I have enclosed of my first husband and I married at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Kailua, Hawaii in 1967, well before your Sgt. Grit business days. We were both stationed at MCAS Kaneohe. God's protection over all our brave men and women in the service of our great country. Semper Fi, Diane Mallory, 1stLt, 63-67, USMC
- WWII WMs and Honor Flights
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Sgt Grunt, Last month Honor Flight flew 97 aging but vibrant WWII Vets flew from Madison Wisconsin to Washington, DC. to visit the WWII Memorial and return home in a one day blitz. This flight set the record for the most female WWII Vets on any flight in the history of the program, and it was noted that a vast majority of those women were WMs, or as they were called back then, WRs. Proud to say that my 86 year old Momma, Corporal Annette Howards, USMCWR, was standing front …
Read More - Parris Island
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Sgt. Grit my draughter just granuated her first platoon after granuating D.I school and they took honor platoon with all the trophys (5) I'm sending you a picture of her D.I. she works with from left to right is my daughter (nick names) serrannamo,stepdy step step,boss lady and c mack, she also spend two tours in fallujah kicking down doors with her brothers with the 1st MEF. She loves her corp like I loved mine semper fi. cpl jim lindquist 60-64 63-64 nam 1st MAW Mag 16 1931501 …
Read More - Well here’s another WM Boot Camp picture
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Well, it has been many years since I became a Marine. I just thought that one of my four children would become a Marine, but only one has joined the service—the Air Force. Upon graduating as a Honor Graduate, another airman asked him how he did it. His answer floored me, but made me proud too. He said, “Do you think I could be anything but number one being raised by a Woman Marine”. He went on to graduate from Tech school as an Honor Graduate too. Anyway, thought I …
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